Undergarment.



E. W. DECKER L IVI. A. MYERS.

UNDERGAHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 30. 1916. 1,229,905. Patented Jun@ 12, 1917.

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* @Renuncia STATES PATENT OFFICE,

'I w, :encima AND MARCUS A. Mamas, or new roman. Y., a ssIGNvons 'ro JULIUS xAYsi-in aco., or NEW YORK, N.' Y., A CORPORATION or NEW YORK.

' UNDERGARMENT.

To all-whom it mag/concern.:

y"-Beit knownthat we, ELLEN Wi DECKER and Maliens A. MYERS, both citizens of the :United States, and residents, respectively, of rthetborough-and'county of Richmond and a' borough OfManha'ttan, and county of New York, both in the city and State of New n1,.. .Yoi'k,-liave invented 'a new and Improved our invention have have been made of lShall" avoid the objections referred to and produce an article of high grade adapted touse 'i l bythose-who do not regard price so 4much as lfinality', it'and satisfaction in other respectsf-'aw Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a. blank for the front of the garment; Fig. 2 is an elevation of a blank for one half of the back; Fig. 3 is an elevation ofa blank for one of the front flaps;

Fig'. 4 is an elevation of a blank fprone of arm openings', 4 the side edge shaped to fit the contour of the body, 5, 5, the leg portions, 6 the side margins of a recessmade by cutting out a' ortion of 'the frontin substantially Vthe s ape shown.

7, see Fig. 2, is one half of the back of the 'garment cut from the same fabric as 'the fronti', 8 the edgeof the neck opening, 9 th'efedge of the arm opening, 10, one of the side' ed es which being stitched to the edge 4 `of t e front forms one-of the side seams24, see Figs. 5 and 6. 11 is the leg ortion of the back. The edge of tlieback which is opposite the edge" 10, is of the Specification of Letters ratent.

Patented June 12, 1917.

Application and December so, 1191s. serial No. 139,864.

i general contour shown in Fig. 2, that is to s'ay, it has an upper straight section 12, cut on a sli htly oblique line relative to the straight ine of the goods, and below that an outwardly curving part 13, and'below that:

a slight indentation 14, and below that another straight section 15, somewhat more oblique than the-.section 12. The other half of the'back is iii-al1 respects the saine as that just described except that being for the other side of the back, the relativepositions of the edges will be reversed. The two parts of the back are seemed together aloiigthe section 12 on the line 16, shown in Fig.

17, see Fig. 3, is one of the liaps for the front, there being one flap foi-each hell of the front. They are preferably made ot' the same materiales the front and backend of the contour shown. The curved margins. 18

of'these flaps are stitched respectivelyl to` the margins 6 of the front fOrming'the seam 25, as shown in Fig. 5. The upper margins 19 of the flaps are stitched to the right, and left respectively of the front' at the apex of the cut out portion thereof; For the vsake of clearness in illustration but one flap is shown in Fig. 1. Both. are shown in 5.

-20, see Fig. 4, is the reinforce for one half of the back and it is applied thereto as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, its edge 21 paralleling the edge 15 and its side margins being stitched to the back 7 and, its recess 23 coinciding with the recess 14.

It will ofcourse be lunderstood that there lw-ill be a similar reinforce for the -other half of the backend also that the flaps'l' will each f be reinforced by having their thickness doubled throughout 'g their entire area, as is usual in garments of` this class. These-various reinforces, while desirable,l

may be omitted. l The assembling of the garment is as fol- O'Ws:

As statedabove, the edges 12 are stitchedV together to form a whole back, and the edges 10 of the back 7 are stitchedto the edges 4 of the front 1 to forni the side seams 24 shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the edges 18 of the flaps l? are stitched to the right'and leftmargins 6 respectively of the cut out por?- tion ofthe front 1, it being understood that there will be four of these aps, two super`-.

posed upon one another for each side of the front, to act as a reinforce. The margins (i. and at their appel' end are stitehed respeetively to opprhite sides'olthe hack for a .Short dixtanee and thns alford perfect elos'ule for the rear of the garment and also perfeel tit. resulting. as in .the front, in exl-reine eoinfort for the wearer'.

lt will he ol ions to those who are familiar with sneh matters that inodilieations may he made in the. details of the constr'ln tion ahove leserihed and illustrated without departingr from the essentials of the invention. We therefore do not liniit ourselves loithealetails shown 'and deserihed.

1;"'.\n nmlergarinent ent to shape -from llat warp knitted pii-'ee goods eoniprisiirgr a one pier-e l'ront. a two pieve haekrf'ronl' and rear openings. o\'erl.ippinj r flaps added to the front al the I'ronl openingr and *which :iet as a closure llierefor` and each peeeof fhe lii'iik haviiigfa projertifir;r part-integral- I'hern'jIth whieh parte4 dverlapand forni a elosnlfe l'or llierear ora-ning.

3. .`\n 'nnlerjrarnlent4 ent to shape f'from one pieee front, a two pier-e haelt, front and rear openings, eaeh of the hack pieees'havin,fr a projectingr part integrall therewith extending to'snllstantially thev wais-t-l line of thogarment which parts overlapping each other form the eloslne for therear opening, and flaps ndded to the front at'the; front opening whit-h overlapping a'et. as a closure therefor.

4. An nndergarment entto shape. from tlzlt warp knitted piece goods enin 'lfiSing n one )ieee front a two iece back ront, and

rear openings, e`aeh of the barile pixees having a projeelingg,r part integral theievith ex-4 tending to substantially. the waia't line of. the garment which parts' o\'erlappi` 'ng eaeh' other forln'gthe llosnre for lhe rear opening1 '65 and flaps added lo the frontat'tlie. front opening and formingr pazrhof the leg portion :in d which overlapping.:ngt :w 'i elipnre for' the front openi ng.

In testimony whereof we'have Signed our naines to this spw'ifcation. 

